Ducati Hypermotard 950 SP: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Hypermotard 950 SP years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.4% average, from 672 DVSA tests.

2021

highest-passing year · 91.8%

2020

lowest-passing year · 87.6%

4.2pp

spread across 3 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2021 (91.8% of 61 tests). Lowest: 2020 (87.6% of 153).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.4%)
2019	406	88.2%	-0.2 pp
2020	153	87.6%	-0.8 pp
2021	61	91.8%	+3.4 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2022–2025

Questions

Which Hypermotard 950 SP years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati Hypermotard 950 SP falls more than two points under the model's 88.4% overall pass rate.
Which Hypermotard 950 SP year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2021, at 91.8% of 61 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Hypermotard 950 SP pass rate vary by year?: 4.2 percentage points between the highest (2021, 91.8%) and lowest (2020, 87.6%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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